Khalil Sarwar

Khalil Sarwar (16 August 1946-22 June 1983) was a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) member. Sarwar was a leader of the PLO's operations in Europe.

Biography
Khalil Sarwar was born to a Sunni Muslim family in Balata, Mandatory Palestine (present-day Balata, West Bank, Palestine). Sarwar joined the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) at the age of 21 to defend the West Bank from Israeli invasion during the Six-Day War, fighting alongside Transjordan. Sarwar rose through the PLO ranks, and he became a leader of the PLO in Europe. Based in Chartres, France, Sarwar coordinated PLO aircraft hijackings and other operations, also running messages to couriers, who then carried messages to PLO diplomats.

On 22 June 1983, Sarwar was attacked by two men with assault rifles as he left his home in Chartres. He was shot eleven times and died quickly. His assassination was blamed on Mossad, which wanted to kill him to prevent further aircraft hijackings and attacks by the PLO from occurring.